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The Daily Princetonian

W. track prevails over Penn, while men's track falls at Penn State

As the indoor track season heads into the most important stretch of the year, including the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet next weekend, in Cambridge, Mass., and the Heptagonal Championships at the end of the month in Hanover, N.H., both the men's and women's teams are managing to gain valuable meet experience by facing quality competition.The men's and women's indoor track teams were both in action this Saturday, with the women pulling out a close victory over archrival Penn (66-61) at Jadwin Gym and the men facing top-tier competition at the Penn State-Princeton-UConn Triangular meet.

SPORTS | 02/06/2000

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Brown, Yale to visit women's hoops

'Must-win' time has arrived earlier than anticipated for women's basketball. Expecting to compete for the Ivy League title at the beginning of the season, the Tigers (3-14 overall, 0-3 Ivy) have floundered and need two wins against Brown and Yale this weekend if they are to have any chance of winning the crown.Princeton enters the weekend with three losses in Ivy play.

SPORTS | 02/03/2000

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Gloger sprains ankle, could miss weekend

This weekend, the members of the men's basketball team may learn exactly how tough they really are.With many of its regular starters out with injuries, the team that head coach Bill Carmody will take with him on the road for games against Ivy League foes Brown (6-10 overall, 3-1 Ivy) and Yale (5-11, 3-1) has about as many unknowns as the lineup of baseball's Kansas City Royals."It's a little rough," Carmody said.

SPORTS | 02/03/2000

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Men's hockey rival Vermont cancels season after hazing cover-up

The University of Vermont cancelled its men's hockey season Jan. 14 in the wake of freshman walk-on Corey Latulippe's suit alleging that he was hazed during a team initiation earlier this academic year.According to the Associated Press, the University has acknowledged that players were "coerced into drinking large amounts of alcohol, parading naked while holding one another's genitals and engaging in other degrading activities."Princeton senior captain Darren Yopyk said, "Obviously it's a really serious offense.

SPORTS | 02/02/2000

The Daily Princetonian

Hughes could bring a bonfire

In Hanover, N.H., a bonfire is not a very big deal. It's special. But it's also a guaranteed yearly phenomenon.Every single fall during every single Homecoming weekend, Dartmouth's campus flocks to its fabled 'Green' to revel in the glow of a bonfire ? no matter how that year's football team happened to perform.In Princeton, N.J., bonfires are quite a different story ? as Old Nassau's underclassmen may need reminding.

SPORTS | 02/02/2000

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Hard-fought defeat to Columbia offers wrestling reasons for optimism

A tough loss to Columbia disappointed the wrestling team over Intersession, but it may turn out to be just what the Tigers needed to increase motivation and focus as the team heads into the most intense part of its season.Princeton equaled Columbia for individual wins, splitting the 10 bouts down the middle, but Lion heavyweight David Boyuk helped shift the advantage towards Columbia with the only pin of the competition, giving the Lions a 19-15 win."We had to move our weight classes around," head coach Mike New said.

SPORTS | 01/31/2000